Southern Illinois runs past Illinois State 43-23

Karim's 93-yard run opened the scoring midway through the first
quarter for the Salukis (4-1, 3-0 Missouri Valley). He also
scored on a 31-yard run with 27 seconds remaining in the
quarter.

Illinois State (2-4, 1-2) stayed in it behind Matt Brown's pair
of touchdown passes, including an 81-yarder to Tyrone Walker.
The Redbirds tied the game at 23-23 on Zach Kutch's third field
goal of the game, but Kyle Dougherty booted a 45-yarder to put
Southern Illinois ahead to stay. Karim scored on a 21-yard run
early in the fourth quarter and Chris Dieker tossed the second
of his TD passes, a 42-yarder to Ryan Kernes.

Brown finished with 321 yards passing for Illinois State, with
Eyad Salem catching 14 for 114 yards and a TD.